1917 American League Batting Leaders

1916 Season 1918 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 622 games, 8 teams, approx. 155 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Ty Cobb	30	DET	Maj	DET	152	669	588	107	225	44	24	6	106	55	61	34	.383	.444	.570	1.014	335	4	16
2	George Sisler*	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	135	587	539	60	190	30	9	2	52	37	30	19	.353	.390	.453	.843	244	3	15
3	Tris Speaker*	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	142	612	523	90	184	42	11	2	60	30	67	14	.352	.432	.486	.918	254	7	15
4	Bobby Veach	29	DET	Maj	DET	154	666	571	79	182	31	12	8	110	21	61	44	.319	.393	.457	.850	261	9	25
5	Happy Felsch	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	152	632	575	75	177	17	10	6	99	26	33	52	.308	.352	.404	.755	232	6	18
6	Del Gainer	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	52	197	172	28	53	10	2	2	19	1	15	21	.308	.374	.424	.798	73	3	7
7	Joe Harris	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	112	435	369	40	112	22	4	0	65	11	55	32	.304	.398	.385	.783	142	3	8
8	Stuffy McInnis	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	150	621	567	50	172	19	4	0	44	18	33	19	.303	.342	.351	.693	199	0	21
9	Ray Chapman	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	156	691	563	98	170	28	13	2	36	52	61	65	.302	.370	.409	.779	230	0	67
10	Duffy Lewis	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	150	620	553	55	167	29	9	1	65	8	29	54	.302	.342	.392	.735	217	5	33
11	Sam Rice	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	155	653	586	77	177	25	7	0	69	35	50	41	.302	.360	.369	.729	216	3	14
12	Joe Jackson	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	146	621	538	91	162	20	17	5	82	13	57	25	.301	.375	.429	.805	231	7	19
13	Clyde Milan	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	155	662	579	60	170	15	4	0	48	20	58	26	.294	.364	.333	.697	193	6	19
14	Ping Bodie	29	PHA	Maj	PHA	148	635	557	51	162	28	11	7	74	13	53	40	.291	.356	.418	.774	233	3	22
15	Eddie Collins	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	156	689	564	91	163	18	12	0	66	53	89	16	.289	.389	.364	.752	205	3	33
16	Joe Judge*	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	102	451	393	62	112	15	15	2	30	17	50	40	.285	.369	.415	.783	163	2	6
17	Braggo Roth	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	145	569	495	69	141	30	9	1	72	51	52	73	.285	.355	.388	.743	192	2	20
18	Wally Schang	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	118	366	316	41	90	14	9	3	36	6	29	24	.285	.362	.415	.776	131	9	12
19	Patsy Gharrity	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	76	196	176	15	50	5	0	0	18	7	14	18	.284	.337	.313	.649	55	0	6
20	Buck Weaver	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	118	514	447	64	127	16	5	3	32	19	27	29	.284	.332	.362	.694	162	5	35
21	Home Run Baker	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	146	613	553	57	156	24	2	6	71	18	48	27	.282	.345	.365	.710	202	5	7
22	Amos Strunk*	28	PHA	Maj	PHA	148	634	540	83	152	26	7	1	45	16	68	37	.282	.363	.361	.724	195	1	25
23	Donie Bush	29	DET	Maj	DET	147	673	581	112	163	18	3	0	23	34	80	40	.281	.370	.322	.691	187	2	10
24	Harry Heilmann	22	DET	Maj	DET	150	619	556	57	156	22	11	5	85	11	41	54	.281	.333	.387	.720	215	3	19
25	Earl Smith	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	52	222	199	31	56	7	7	0	10	5	15	21	.281	.332	.387	.719	77	0	8
26	Chick Gandil	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	149	601	553	53	151	9	7	0	56	16	30	36	.273	.316	.315	.631	174	5	13
27	Larry Gardner	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	146	598	501	53	133	23	7	1	61	16	54	37	.266	.341	.345	.686	173	3	40
28	Ray Morgan	28	WS1	Maj	WSH	101	390	338	32	90	9	1	1	33	7	40	29	.266	.346	.308	.653	104	1	11
29	Hank Severeid	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	143	544	501	45	133	23	4	1	57	6	28	20	.266	.306	.333	.639	167	1	14
30	Jimmy Walsh	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	57	212	185	25	49	6	3	0	12	6	25	14	.265	.352	.330	.682	61	0	2
31	Roxy Walters	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	61	187	171	16	45	2	0	0	14	2	9	22	.263	.304	.275	.579	47	1	6
32	Les Nunamaker	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	104	338	310	22	81	9	2	0	33	5	21	25	.261	.310	.303	.613	94	1	6
33	Roger Peckinpaugh	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	148	629	543	63	141	24	7	0	41	17	64	46	.260	.340	.330	.670	179	2	20
34	Charlie Jamieson*	24	PHA,WS1	Maj	PHA-WSH	105	428	380	45	98	8	2	0	29	8	43	41	.258	.337	.290	.626	110	2	3
35	Mike Menosky	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	114	382	322	46	83	12	10	1	34	22	45	55	.258	.359	.367	.726	118	6	9
36	Dick Hoblitzell	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	120	492	420	49	108	19	7	1	47	12	46	22	.257	.336	.343	.679	144	4	22
37	Harry Hooper	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	151	667	559	89	143	21	11	3	45	21	80	40	.256	.355	.349	.704	195	6	22
38	Bill Wambsganss	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	141	570	499	52	127	17	6	0	43	16	37	42	.255	.315	.313	.628	156	7	27
39	Ossie Vitt	27	DET	Maj	DET	140	600	512	65	130	13	6	0	45	18	56	15	.254	.329	.303	.631	155	1	31
40	Whitey Witt	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	128	530	452	62	114	13	4	0	28	12	65	45	.252	.346	.299	.645	135	0	13
41	Elmer Miller	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	114	449	379	43	95	11	3	3	35	11	40	44	.251	.336	.319	.656	121	9	21
42	Tim Hendryx	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	125	476	393	43	98	14	7	5	44	6	62	45	.249	.359	.359	.718	141	5	16
43	Baby Doll Jacobson	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	148	572	529	53	131	23	7	4	55	10	31	67	.248	.294	.340	.635	180	4	8
44	Del Pratt	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	123	499	450	40	111	22	8	1	53	18	33	36	.247	.301	.338	.639	152	2	14
45	Ernie Johnson	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	80	224	199	28	49	6	2	2	20	13	12	16	.246	.296	.327	.622	65	2	11
46	Tillie Walker	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	106	385	337	41	83	18	7	2	37	6	25	38	.246	.300	.359	.659	121	1	22
47	Elmer Smith	24	CLE,WS1	Maj	CLE-WSH	99	309	278	29	68	9	4	3	39	7	18	32	.245	.293	.338	.631	94	1	12
48	Wally Pipp*	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	155	668	587	82	143	29	12	9	70	11	60	66	.244	.320	.380	.700	223	6	15
49	Frank Gilhooley	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	54	201	165	14	40	6	1	0	8	6	30	13	.242	.362	.291	.653	48	1	5
50	Everett Scott	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	157	589	528	40	127	24	7	0	50	12	20	46	.241	.268	.313	.581	165	0	41
51	Jimmy Austin	37	SLA	Maj	SLB	127	534	455	61	109	18	8	0	19	13	50	46	.240	.319	.314	.633	143	3	26
52	Tubby Spencer	33	DET	Maj	DET	70	218	192	13	46	8	3	0	22	0	15	15	.240	.324	.313	.637	60	9	2
53	Doc Lavan	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	118	388	355	19	85	8	5	0	30	5	19	34	.239	.284	.290	.574	103	3	11
54	Pinch Thomas	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	83	238	202	24	48	7	0	0	24	2	27	9	.238	.333	.272	.606	55	2	7
55	Ray Bates	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	127	526	485	47	115	20	7	2	66	12	21	39	.237	.277	.320	.597	155	6	14
56	Fred McMullin	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	59	245	194	35	46	2	1	0	14	9	27	17	.237	.339	.258	.597	50	3	21
57	Hugh High*	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	103	430	365	37	86	11	6	1	19	8	48	31	.236	.329	.307	.636	112	3	14
58	Nemo Leibold	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	125	509	428	59	101	12	6	0	28	27	74	34	.236	.350	.292	.642	125	1	6
59	Eddie Foster	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	143	618	554	66	130	16	8	0	43	11	46	23	.235	.293	.292	.586	162	0	18
60	Billy Meyer	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	62	174	162	9	38	5	1	0	9	0	7	14	.235	.271	.278	.548	45	1	4
61	Shano Collins	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	82	270	252	38	59	13	3	1	13	14	10	27	.234	.269	.321	.590	81	2	6
62	Ralph Young	28	DET	Maj	DET	141	598	503	64	116	18	2	1	38	8	61	35	.231	.318	.280	.598	141	3	31
63	Tod Sloan	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	109	351	313	32	72	6	2	2	25	8	28	34	.230	.308	.281	.589	88	7	3
64	Armando Marsans	29	SLA,NYA	Maj	SLB-NYY	100	386	345	41	79	16	0	0	35	17	28	9	.229	.287	.275	.562	95	0	13
65	Jack Graney*	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	146	648	535	87	122	29	7	3	35	16	94	49	.228	.348	.325	.673	174	4	15
66	George Burns	24	DET	Maj	DET	119	442	407	42	92	14	10	1	42	3	15	33	.226	.264	.317	.581	129	6	14
67	Ray Schalk	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	140	507	424	48	96	12	5	2	50	19	59	27	.226	.331	.293	.623	124	7	17
68	Roy Grover	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	141	571	482	45	108	15	7	0	34	12	43	53	.224	.292	.284	.576	137	3	43
69	Burt Shotton	32	SLA	Maj	SLB	118	469	398	48	89	9	1	1	20	16	62	47	.224	.330	.259	.589	103	1	8
70	Jack Barry	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	116	493	388	45	83	9	0	2	30	12	47	27	.214	.305	.253	.558	98	4	54
71	Sam Agnew	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	85	287	260	17	54	6	2	0	16	2	19	30	.208	.267	.246	.513	64	2	6
72	Terry Turner	36	CLE	Maj	CLE	69	202	180	16	37	7	0	0	15	4	14	19	.206	.263	.244	.507	44	0	8
73	Oscar Stanage	34	DET	Maj	DET	99	329	297	19	61	14	1	0	30	3	20	35	.205	.263	.259	.522	77	3	9
74	Swede Risberg	22	CHA	Maj	CHW	149	563	474	59	96	20	8	1	43	16	59	65	.203	.297	.285	.582	135	5	25
75	Howie Shanks	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	126	496	430	45	87	15	5	0	28	15	33	37	.202	.269	.261	.529	112	6	27
76	Lee Magee	28	NYA,SLA	Maj	NYY-SLB	87	325	285	28	57	5	1	0	12	6	19	24	.200	.253	.225	.477	64	1	20
77	Fritz Maisel	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	113	466	404	46	80	4	4	0	20	29	36	18	.198	.267	.228	.495	92	2	24
78	Joe Leonard	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	99	355	297	30	57	6	7	0	23	6	45	40	.192	.302	.259	.562	77	2	11
79	Eddie Ainsmith	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	125	409	350	38	67	17	4	0	42	16	40	48	.191	.280	.263	.543	92	3	16
80	Joe Evans	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	132	460	385	36	73	4	5	2	33	12	42	44	.190	.271	.242	.513	93	1	32
81	John Henry	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	65	195	163	10	31	6	0	0	18	1	24	16	.190	.302	.227	.529	37	2	6
82	Lou Guisto	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	73	233	200	9	37	4	2	0	29	3	25	18	.185	.282	.225	.507	45	2	6
83	Steve O'Neill	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	129	429	370	21	68	10	2	0	29	2	41	55	.184	.272	.222	.494	82	4	14
84	Chick Shorten*	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	69	188	168	12	30	4	2	0	16	2	10	10	.179	.229	.226	.455	38	1	9